He is Definatly Growing...

I don't know if it's because we have had a sudden influx of toys and I have had to KEEP re-arranging all his toys, and maybe some are more in reach of others, or maybe he is growing up tall. Oh yeah, I mean Noah. And you can really tell the wires are really tell the wires are connecting in his head. Like before the lights were on, but no one was home. Now, the lights are on and the wheels are spinning. And its exciting to see him at work and figure things out. A while back when William was in Okinawa, Noah and I bought him a K'Nex Elmo.Well, now Noah has taken over the K'Nex Elmo and like to put him together. I have showed him how to put him together the right way, but I think he enjoys the weird creations he can come up with.

And for Christmas William and I bought him a train track, the reviews were awesome, 'My son/daughter has a hard time taking it apart, they step on it all day and it never comes apart!'. WRONG! Well that worked for us for a few months. Noah has now figured out that he can take the track apart and put the pieces back together... but when he does it, they never connect and the train often derails. I said he was getting smarter, not the brightest crayon in the box. And he loves to finger paint. Yesterday we got out the markers and it was fun watching him figure out how to get the caps off and then put them back on. About a week ago he figured out that he can use his sword to turn on all the light switches. Well, he knew he could do this a couple months ago but wasn't very good at it, so he gave up for a while. Now that he is getting taller, he gave it another try and well, he succeeded.

To my delight, I found the perfect hiding spot for the sword. Now he can reach almost anything. I have to be careful what I leave out on the counter, if its almost within his reach, he is gonna get it. Even the pantry and refrigerator isn't safe anymore. If he says eat, and I don't get it, he gets it himself. You would think that by now they would have come out with a child lock for sliding doors... nope. And we used to have a child lock on the fridge, the problem was, we kept forgetting it was there and eventually broke it. He has even figured out the child locks for the electrical outlets. He is a smart kid. And a good kid. I complain a lot about his brattyness and his terrible twos. But compared to what I have seen in terrible twos, he really isn't all that bad. He throws the occasional tantrum whenever I tell him no, but other than that, he really is a good boy. He always cleans up his toys whenever I ask him to, and never gives me any problems about going down for a nap, or bed time. Kinda makes me think about NOT wanting another one...